Chapter Seven: A study in Magnus

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Magnus's P.O.V

I stood there for a moment locked in a moment of understanding with Sherlock Holmes. I could see much of his father in him…. I wish that I had a chance to meet his mother…. I hoped that we could work together…. I would hate it if we ended up working against one another…. I then asked:

"So tell me Sherlock… what have you managed to deduce about the crime scene so far?"…

"Early twenties… walking home alone after a night out with her friends… didn't drink… lives alone with her cat… she was walking back at around 3am… did not see her killer coming… she tried to run at first… but it was too fast for her… it was a frenzied attack… it killed her at exactly 3:11am… before escaping… up there… "he gestured to the roof above the alleyway… and the way the pipes were dented… consistent with someone… or something climbing up there in a bid to escape… the exact time of death can be seen…"

"On her watch" Will chimed in. Sherlock glanced at him briefly, seemingly surprised, but nodded.

"Exactly…. Then the killer fled…. He hadn't intended to leave his kill in plain sight… but he was spooked…" Sherlock added.

"Hang on a minute… you neglected to tell us that earlier….." Lestrade interjected.

"Oh do I really have to spell everything out for you normal people… God… how boring life must be in your worlds… I considered it too obvious… see the glass shards there?..." He gestured to a corner of the alleyway…

"Yeah…."

"The glass shards indicate a bottle having been thrown at our assailant… spooking him…. The one who threw it didn't venture in…. judging by the trajectory of the smashed shards… not to mention the colouring of the bottle I would say it was a drunk throwing her bottle at a ghost she was lucky that it didn't turn on her….." He finished.

"But surely she would have realised that something wasn't right…. Called the police or something?" Donovan protested.

"Well on that part she was actually thinking logically…. Picture the scene… Officer: Please state the nature of your emergency…

Witness: I… sssaw a shadow… it was big… it sounded like a monster….."

Officer: And you do know that even when drunk making time wasting calls to the police is considered an offence?"

Sherlock finished his scenario with: "You see what I mean?"

John suddenly turned to me. "But you actually have an idea… have experience with what type of animal this is… but what type of zoo in the country would keep something so dangerous…." He trailed off when he noticed Sherlock's smirk…

"John… when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth…. This is no ordinary animal now is it….Doctor Magnus?"… He glanced at me, imploring me to tell him what I knew. I had a feeling they could be trusted…. But I needed to get them alone.

"John…. Sherlock…. Shall we go someplace quieter… then we can tell you about our… line of work?" I suggested…..

WN: Apologies this is a short update, I have to get my college coursework done sadly… anyway any guesses as to what Abnormal I am going to use?... also… I am trying to decide whether or not to bring in Moriaty for this…. What do you guys think?... please let me know :D